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A Synthesis of (+/-)-Demethoxydaunomycinone
Carr, Kathryn,Greener, Neil A.,Mullah, Khairuzzaman, B.,Somerville, Fiona M.,Sutherland, James K.
, p. 1975 - 1980 (1992)
2-Acetyl-1,4-dihydroxyanthracene-9,10-dione 1 is converted into (+/-)-demethoxydaunomycinone by substitution with 3,3-dimethoxy-1-nitrobutan-2-one, aldol cyclisation, reduction and hydrolysis.The chiral inductions at C-10 realised on cyclisation of 5 and